2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Cardiac Evaluation and Management in Kidney and Liver Transplant Candidates.
Cardiac evaluation and risk stratification prior to kidney and liver transplantation can be critical to patient selection and outcomes.Methods: We assessed the impact of cardiac…2016 American Transplant Congress
Three-Year Graft Loss Risk in Kidney Transplants: Dynamic Patient Level Data Improve Predictive Efficacy.
Background: Predictive models in kidney transplantation using national data (UNOS, SRTR) lack longitudinal patient level data, limiting accuracy. Adding patient level data capturing dynamic clinical…2015 American Transplant Congress
Early Clinical Indicators of Long Term Survival and Allograft Loss Following De Novo DSA. A 15-Year Longitudinal Study
Improvement in outcomes in renal transplant patients with de novo donor specific anti-HLA antibodies (dnDSA) is needed. This analysis aims to identify surrogate endpoints following…2015 American Transplant Congress
Multicenter Study to Develop a Novel Prediction Index for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) Recurrence After Liver Transplant (LT)
1UCSF, San Francisco, CA; 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; 3Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL.
Several factors have been associated with a high risk of recurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) after liver transplantation (LT), but no reliable risk score has…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Benefit of Hepatitis C Donor Kidney Transplantation Is Limited to Hepatitis C Positive Patients Over 50 Years of Age
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The purpose of this analysis was to provide information regarding the use and survival benefit of kidney transplantation from a hepatitis C positive deceased donor…2015 American Transplant Congress
Excellent Outcomes With Kidney Transplantation for Patients ≥70 Years of Age
BackgroundOur aim was to determine the outcomes following kidney transplantation in recipients ≥70 years of age at the time of transplantation.Materials and MethodsWe analyzed data…2015 American Transplant Congress
Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Transarterial Chemoembolization (TACE) Alone and TACE in Combination With Other Treatment Modalities
General Surgery, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
AIM:Treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) can help downstage tumors prior to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT); however, there is a risk of…2015 American Transplant Congress
Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Subsequent Risk of Graft Failure and Mortality Among Kidney Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Graft loss and death are generally late events after kidney transplantation, and trials designed to assess the impact of interventions on these outcomes are…2015 American Transplant Congress
Blocking CD4 T Cell Helper Functions Improves Efficacy of ATG Treatment in Sensitized Transplant Recipients
Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Antibody mediated lymphocyte depletion is used in clinical transplantation to improve graft function. While the presence of donor-reactive memory T cells is the primary rationale…2015 American Transplant Congress
Octogenarian Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Single Center Experience
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD.
Background: Elderly patients are the fastest growing population requiring kidney transplantation internationally. Previous studies have shown a survival benefit for kidney transplantation when compared to…
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